subdivide

  • 11subdivide — verb Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin subdividere, from Latin sub + dividere to divide Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. to divide the parts of into more parts 2. to divide into several parts; especially to divide (a tract of land)… …

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  • 12subdivide — subdividable, adj. subdivider, n. /sub di vuyd , sub di vuyd /, v., subdivided, subdividing. v.t. 1. to divide (that which has already been divided) into smaller parts; divide again after a first division. 2. to divide into parts. 3. to divide (a …

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  • 13subdivide — verb To divide into smaller sections …

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  • 14subdivide — Synonyms and related words: alphabetize, analyze, anatomize, apportion, arrange, assay, assort, bifurcate, bisect, branch, break down, break up, by two, catalog, categorize, class, classify, cleave, codify, contradistinguish, cut in two, cut up,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 15subdivide — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. part, redivide, partition; see divide 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To separate into branches or branchlike parts: bifurcate, branch (out), diverge, divide, fork, ramify. See PART …

    English dictionary for students

  • 16subdivide — sub|di|vide [ ,sʌbdı vaıd ] verb transitive to divide the parts of something that has already been divided: Each section of the book is subdivided into four chapters …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 17subdivide — [[t]sʌ̱bdɪva͟ɪd[/t]] subdivides, subdividing, subdivided also sub divide VERB: usu passive If something is subdivided, it is divided into several smaller areas, parts, or groups. [be V ed into n] The verbs were subdivided into transitive and… …

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  • 18subdivide — sub·di vide || ‚sÊŒbdɪ vaɪd v. divide part of a whole into smaller sections; separate into subdivisions …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 19subdivide — verb divide (something that has already been divided or that is a separate unit) …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 20subdivide — verb (T) to divide into smaller parts something that is already divided: The house was subdivided into apartments about ten years ago …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English